Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

In today’s Gospel, Peter and Andrew were in the midst of their daily work when the Lord invited them to come and follow Him. As we likely know, Peter and Andrew were fishermen, and their method of fishing is much different than what we are familiar with. They were not kicking back on a boat with a rod and a reel. Rather, they used large, heavy, and weighted nets that would sink to the bottom of the sea. Once the nets had been in the water for a long period of time, the men would then use their physical strength to pull them up along with any fish that were trapped inside. As you can imagine, this was a very laborious act that involved great physical strength, but not a lot of intellectual acuity. Peter and Andrew were likely not the most educated men.

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